New Price: $41,300 Used Price: $1,000
An auction for a sealed copy of Stadium Events set a record for the highest priced game ever sold. The game was released in a limited number of stores in 1987, but Nintendo bought the rights to this Bandai game so they could release it as World Class Track Meet. This is considered to be the rarest of the licensed NES games with only an estimated 200 copies in existance. Don't confuse this with the PAL version (see below) which is not as rare but looks very similar. You can use a Stadium Events version guide to tell them apart.

New Price: NA Used Price: $20,100
In 1991 Nintendo held a video game tournament at college campuses across the country. For the competition they created a cartridge which had three games on it, Super Mario 3, Dr. Mario, and PinBot, and a 6 minute time limit. Only one of these is known to exist and was found at a ex-Nintendo employee's garage sale. The game sold on ebay this past summer for $20,100.

New Price: NA Used Price: $18,000
Considered to be the "Holy Grail" of game collecting by many, it is no longer the most expensive video game or even the most expensive Nintendo game. Nintendo gave away 26 of these gold cartridges after the 1990 Nintendo World Championships (see below). The game cartridge has Super Mario, Tetris, and Rad Racer on one cartridge and gives players a combined score for all three games after playing for six minutes.

New Price: NA Used Price: $5,500
The gray version of Nintendo World Championships is not as rare as the Gold version, but still sells for more than $5,000. Nintendo held a video game competition in 1990 to determine the best Nintendo players in three different age groups. The winner in each age group and each city was given a gray cartridge as a prize so only 90 of these exist today.

New Price: $5,000 Used Price: $985
Myriad 6 in 1 is a collection of six games on one cartridge. Myriad bought all the remaining 6-in-1 cartridges from Caltron (see below) as they were going out of business. Myriad then changed the sticker on the front and added a unique serial number to each cartridge. The game was unlicensed by Nintendo and there are thought to be fewer than 100.

New Price: $4,000 Used Price: $990
The European version of Stadium Events is not as rare as its American counterpart, but is still an expensive NES game. The PAL version was released in multiple languages so some versions have English wording, while others have German or even Dutch. The game isn't as rare because Nintendo never recalled it like they did with the NTSC version.

New Price: $1,775 Used Price: $860
Caltron 6-in-1 is an unlicensed game for the NES and is notoriously bad. All six games are of very low quality and this helped limit the number of games sold. Caltron Industries shut-down as a video game publisher after this game came out and it is the only game they ever released. The six games on the cartridge Cosmos Cop, Adam and Eve, Magic Carpet 1001, Balloon Monster, Porter, and Bookyman, are all take offs on other popular NES games.

New Price: NA Used Price: $1,300
Peek-A-Boo Poker is another unlicensed game for the NES, but it is also adult rated. The game is basically strip poker on the NES with female characters on the game removing clothes if you win. The game was made by Panesian, the same publishers who made Bubble Bath Babes and Hot Slots, which are two more pornographic games you will see lower on this list.

New Price: NA Used Price: $725
Bubble Bath Babes is an adult version of Tetris with bubbles. You arrange bubbles of similar colors so they are touching and they disappear. The game was produced in very limited quantities and were sold in VHS style boxes instead of the usual NES game box. Very few of these ever sold because it was only sold through Video stores, and not game stores.

New Price: $870 Used Price: $650
Cheetahmen II is a sequel that was never officially released. It was completed by it's developer but never sold. In 1997 all 1,500 of the games were found in a warehouse and sold in the secondary market. The game has so many bugs that it considered almost unplayable. In-spite of its poor quality it will still fetch more than $600 on a regular basis.

New Price: NA Used Price: $550
Hot Slots has you play a slot machine on the NES but at certain times during the game pixelated woman without much on will show up on the screen to say something. The game was only sold through mail-order to video stores and for obvious reasons was never licensed by Nintendo for the NES.

New Price: NA Used Price: $415
A gold version of Punch-Out for the NES. 10,000 copies of the game were made and given out as part of a Nintendo Golf competition in Japan. The game is for the Famicom in Japan. The special editon was actually released before any other version of Punch-out and doesn't even have Mr. Dream or Mike Tyson as the final fight. Super Macho Man is the last character in the game.

New Price: NA Used Price: $200
Mr. Gimmick was came out in Japan as Gimmick and Europe as Mr. Gimmick. The European version is the rarer of the two. The game plays like a traditional platformer but is notoriously difficult. The Electronic Gaming Monthly reviewed the game in their American magazine so it was thought it might come out in the US, but the game was never released stateside.

New Price: NA Used Price: $170
Surprise at Dino Peak was the second Flintstones game for the NES but it came out three years after the Super Nintendo released. Most gamers had moved away from the original Nintendo so the game sold poorly, which makes it quite rare today.

New Price: NA Used Price: $150
Devil World was designed by Shigeru Miyamoto and published by Nintendo, but is still a rare game. Devil World plays very similarly to PacMan but depicted the Devil and other religious symbols. Because of this Nintendo never released the game in North America, which makes it the only game designed by Miyamoto that didn't come out in the USA.

surprised the unlicensed version of tetris didn't make this list. Weird, but I thought back in the day (shortly after Nintendo marketed a licensed version) the unlicensed game was said to have been worth hundreds.

"Bubble Bath Babes is an adult version of Bust-A-Move. You shoot bubbles"... um yeah maybe a little research is in order? It's a Tetris clone where a group of 4 bubbles fall from the ceiling and you have to match a cluster of the same color at the bottom...

Haha, man, this is awesome! I remember playing that Stadium Events game at my friend's house! There was this plate or something you had to stand on, kind of like the Wii fit thing.I wonder if he still has it.........

i have a copy of this game.. really have no reason to joke about it. I got it at a garage sale here in leavenworth, kansas when I was about 9, so 12 years ago. it is still in the original box, but most of the plastic has been peeled back and some of the box has browned and fallen apart. i tried to play the game but like so many others had no pad.

what im trying to figure out is.. how long, if at all, should i hold on to it for to better my profit?

The longer you hold on to any copy of a game you find, the more chance there is for more people to come forward with a copy. Sell NOW!!! Look at it this way, if I have an old warehouse and go in there and find a 1000 original wrapped copies of this game and flood the market with them, the price is gonna go down to about $100 bucks each. They are only valuable because they are rare, the more copies that pop up the less they will sell for. Got it?

Justin==== IF you have this game, I will buy it from you ASAP. Steve Berenato Home cell is (609) 579-4843 and Work cell is (609) 816-0932. I am not joking and I hope you are not either. I am interested in any and all old Nintendo games

...decadez ago baseball cardz were discarded not knowing certain 1'z would be valuable yearz later --- this time around itz 1st generation computer games --- what will it be that iz around 2day that will more valuable yearz frm now...??

Man, I'd really love a copy of Little Samson too. I've played it at a friend's house years ago and loved it. Imagine my surprise and disappointment when I find a copy on eBay for a mere 180 bucks.Oh well, maybe it will show up on Wii's Virtual Console.

Anyone have any idea what my "Game Action Replay" is worth? It's a Nintendo add in cartridge, that you placed in the NES, and then put a game cartridge in... It was only on the market a short while then Nintendo sued, and it was withdrawn. Which was too bad because it was the best Nintendo device ever... way better than the Game Genie. The Game Action Replay allows you to save your place in any Nintendo game, gives you Slo-Mo ability too. Awesome device.

BTW, I just got it out for the first time in years. I have the device and the instruction booklet. It's a QJ sv-801 Game Action Replay. I haven't tried it to see if the built in battery is still functional... will leave that to someone else. It's in good condition otherwise. If any know what it might be worth write me at dkeith45@gmail

wow, i didn't know things would happen like this with nintendo, i just gave away my original duck hunt edition nes system, and power glove, both still in there original box, with original price tag, the nes system had a 129.99 price tag, the power glove had a price tag of 29.99. im curious what they would have been worth?

I have the nes system, 2 controls & about 10 games...I sold about 35 games for around $250..none of them on the list thank god! What do you think the game system would go for...it works, but sometimes you have to "fight" with it...had it for almost 20 years.

I have working system and numerous games. Its the only game system in the house. All the kids (grandkids and nieces and nephews) still play it. Have never seen the need to keep up with the "joneses" when this system still works.

Hello, my dad sold Magnavox TV's in the 1970s, and had several NIB "odessy" game systems. Basically, graphics were cling-ons that stuck to the tv screen, and your controller moved a white dot, [pong-like graphics] through 'haunted house' mazes, downhill ski courses, etc. Anybody have info on those systems?Thanks, Jim in PA

I just posted a bunch of Nintendo NES games on ebay yesterday, trying to get a little money to pay off my babies stomach surgery. I owe $27,000 to childrens hospital since I got laid off and lost health insurance at 6 months pregnant! : ) Can anyone let me know if any of these games are worth anything more than the $9.99 I started them at. I have the Gold Zelda game with the maps and everything like new and Contra and Mike Tysons punch out. In all there are more than 27 games as some of them have 2 and 3 games on each cartridge. If you can email me at bugzy74@hotmail.com or just post here I will check back. Thank you all so much! I appreciate it!

Hello, I am the anonomous up a few with the games on ebay, anyway I forgot to put the ebay link it is http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270539420434&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_1077wt_1167

Hmmm....I've actually sold three copies of the Flintstones game on ebay over the past few years and fetched between $40-$60 each time...not being a collector but knowing most go for $5-$10 it was worth a shot. I was pretty shocked to get $50 for the first cartridge I sold. How rare can it be if I've found 3 copies at yard sales in the same little community in the last few years. $170 for value seems on the high end unless there's been some bizarre spike in interest caused by articles like this.

he is right, it is there. here is what i don't get.... what is the point of owning a sealed game? what makes it so valuable? if you ever decide to open it, it will lose all its value. so i guess you pay over 100k for something that is going to sit on a shelf in a safe....? and that is valuable because.......???? i suppose it would be like a very rare antique car that has been found all original in a barn in kansas or something. but still, its a game that you cant play. at least you can drive the car around and show it off.

i have a nintendo (fun club news) magazine. it says vol.1 winter 1987 with a picture of mike tyson on it reveiwing mike tyson's punch-out game. also have feb.-mar. 1988 with r.c. pro-am on it. willing to sell them. akalmnop@att.net

Have an atari unit which was a display unit at Kmart back in the early 80's when I worked there. It has 42 games in a 1' x2' metal case and a 4' board with 2 playing units on it and the games are listed on the board. When the unit was removed I requested it and my kids really enjoyed all the games. If of value, would like to offer for sale. email lemke5@charter.net.

Seriously...don't say "is my stuff worth anything, here is what I have." That just tells a potential buyer that knows what your item is worth that he can low ball you and tell you that your item is worth only 2% of what it is really worth. You're gonna get "jipped!" C'mon everyone, be smarter than that.

If only one could bend time and space and buy a buttload of these things. Returning to the present you would be a gazillionaire although I suppose the value would come down as you bring in more copies. Less rare then. Oh well.

When I bought my NES console, back in the 80's, it came with a single cartridge that contained 3 games:Super Mario Bros. - http://www.videogamepricecharts.com/game/nes/super-mario-brosTetris - http://www.videogamepricecharts.com/game/nes/tetrisNintendo World Cup - http://www.videogamepricecharts.com/game/nes/nintendo-world-cup

I didn't see this combo on the site, can anyone tell me if it is here? or what it's price is estimated at?

A few years ago, I wanted to buy an NES game I'd never heard of off a gentleman with a garage sale, but he insisted I take everything that was in the cardboard box the game came in. As soon as I got home I looked up the game, Stack Up, on eBay -- and to my surprise, it was going for over $200 and you don't even have it listed. Mine was in pristine condition with everything perfect except it was out of the shrink wrap. It was one of the old Rob-E games, and included all of the Stack-Up chips neatly set inside their flimsy plastic tray, everything like brand new in top shape. I forget how much it went for (over $200), but I know I've got a screenshot of the final auction price around here someplace.

hello, i own GOLDEN GAME 210 in 1 GAME cartridge and Super 190 in 1 game cartridge, if anyone is interested or tell me what can i do with them please let me know, piotrekfl@yahoo.com, thank you so much.

Hey guys,Quick question for the americans. I live in the u.k and recently aquired a gold zelda II. Nothing special about that. I am just curious because in the top left corner on the warning on the back the number 20 has been engrained in the label. I have a u.k version and it doesn't have it nor does any of my other nes games. Anyone know anything about it???

JJ I think you should check your numbers on the Stadium Events PAL version. A brand new PAL Stadium Events is worth only a couple hundred, nowhere near $4,000. Recently though, thanks to all the publicity Stadium Events has received some ill-informed collectors have spent thousands thinking it was the far more valuable NTSC version

The PAL Stadium Events prices are definitely higher when I wrote this article than they are during "normal" times. PAL games were going for crazy prices right after the Sealed Stadium Events auction closed and the Boxed Stadium Events.

When we update this article in the future, I'm sure PAL Stadium Events will come back down.

I am selling my grandsons old nintendo collection. It has about 674 games, a robot thing, 8 controllers without wires, a nintendo,a scope for a nintendo gun, a glove with buttons on it and a keyboard with everything in the box! Could I get $100 for it?

@Granny - I'm sure you can get $100 for more than 674 games. The exact price you get will depend on what games you have, but if they are all unique titles you will probably be able to get several thousand dollars.

Hey Jeff, I think I know which cartridge you are referring to. Does it have a musketeer-looking cat on the front of it? And when you turned it on a menu selection with music playing came on? If this is the same one it was made by Supervision directly out of China. A friend of mine had it and we played the pants off of it!

Well just set it at a high price to see if anyone bites,if not,lower the price.I bought a sealed Castlevania 3 for $150.00,some other guy was selling it for $350.00.So the price varies.What game were you looking for the price of?

well i got couple completed:Zelda I and II, Donkey Kong 3, Duck Tales, Wrecking Crew, All 3 Super Mario Bros.only cart: Banana Prince, Snow Bros, Duck Tales II, Mighty Final Fight, Noahs Ark, than i got this asian unlicensed PAL with: 75 in 1, 4 mario in 1, 9 races in 1, 4 in 1 with golden axe 4, T2, robocop 3 and alien 3, also 10 in 1 and 4 in 1 with contra 2, double dragon 2, power rangers 2 and chip dales 2.So what do you think that i can set the price for this games? THX

I have a COMPLETE copy of Cheetahmen 2 if anyone is interested? It comes with the cartridge (original "Action 52" cartridge with gold "Cheetahmen II sticker), original cardboard sleeve, yellow "Read before using" instruction sheet and the original box.

Game sleeve has very light "wear", game cartridge is Mint, instruction sheet is Mint and the game box has slight "wear", but has absolutely no rips/tears or rounded corners, etc. Just minor creasing in a couple spots.

Please send an email to: gratefuldeadicated@sbcglobal.net and please let me know if interested in making an offer. I can take some pictures for you and even list it on Ebay for you to purchase.

Here are three auctions for NES Prototype carts http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350487619820&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT#ht_906wt_1163http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350487620898&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT#ht_934wt_1163http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350487621314&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT#ht_906wt_1163

Hey Guys I just found some really old nes gamesRYGARPAPERBOYDONKEY KONG CLASSICSBATTIE TOADSPUUCH OUT!SUPER MARIO BROS WITH DUCK HUNTSUPER MARIO BROS 2and last but not least STREET FIGHTER 2010 THE FINAL FIGHTBuy all at once or One at a time Email me @ Jzenric1989@hotmail.com

That excites me even more, its obviously my game. Any predictions, I am sure you would have a much better guess than myself. I have had a minimum of 10 emails asking for my BIN price. An NES world champ and some serious collectors. I think I would be a fool to take the game down with that much interest. I have done a lot of looking and can not find a sealed copy that has sold either. Any input? Thanks for all the info btw.

@anonymous - Definitely do not sell for a BIN price at this point. 1) it is bad form to end an auction with winning bids to then sell to someone else. 2) generally people who contact you for the BIN price are willing to pay more but are trying to get a deal.

In almost all cases you will get more letting the auction run its course.

I am honestly surprised at the price the item is selling for right now. Golf for NES, recently sold $199 brand new. I didn't think Baseball would be that much higher, but looks like it is.

Thank You, I have talked to some avid collectors and they say they have never seen a copy come up for sale and a lot of them need it to complete there collection. One guy I have spoke with said he has been at it for 10 years and has never seen one come up for sale. Thanks again for the info.

My buddy picked up a copy of Dig Dug for the nes at a used game store. It is not Dig Dug 2 and it works on his US version NES. Everywhere i have looked says that the original Dig Dug was only released in PAL version overseas. Anyone have any insight into this

@anonymous - Sorry I didn't elaborate more in my previous comment. A PAL NES game can work in a NTSC console but it requires some modification. Out of the box you cannot play PAL games on the NTSC system.

These are just a few of the 120 games that I have: Zelda II the adventures of link , baseball simulator 1,000 , GI Joe, days of thunder, Rambo, Jordan v.s. Bird, Swords and Serpents , predator , cobra triangle, fliying dragon, Mad max. Bad news baseball, vegas dream, mickey mousecapade, clu clu land Etc. Etc. All in original boxes 90 % of them have the original instruction booklet.

A friend of mine recently found several NES game consoles in a storage locker. Since there was a few of them I figure the person that had the locker might have been a collector. I remembered hearing that a certain numbering on the console might identify them as a rare find, possible gold mine. Can anyone elaborate on this subject for me? Any ifnformation would be helpful.... THANKS

It's insane how much prices have gone up for some of the harder to find games...if all you're in it for is to play the games vs actually owning them, you're better off gettting a Powerpak for your NES and/or SNES. They aren't perfect, but they cover the majority of any game you'd want to play on real hardware.

I have a game that was purchased in Japan....It has around 61 games on it . Most of them old arcade games. It required the bumblebee adapter to use in the NES console. I have that as well. It's a great game but many of the names were misspelled in translation to English. For instance Millipede is spelled millipicle. There are also games In Japanese as well. Any idea what this is worth?

What about super mario 3.5, and super mario competition edition? Both have nintedo licence on them and a VGK logo in bottom center of lable. are these real? rare? I have pictures of them but dont know anything about them

All if these titles and not once have I hear techno superbowl. I read techno baseball. I need to look for buyers. I rather have someone have these 3 games in their collection or I would just smash them and toss them. I have no case nor book. Tecmo Superbowl, clash of demon head, and some game that has 3 games on 1 cartridge super Mario brothers, duck hunt, and world track meet. I just found them going through some boxes. I will never have a complete set so someone who collects hit me up. Or just reply to my comment or whatever.

What's the difference between a famicom game and a Nintendo game? What I mean is I found a rare game on the list at a local thrift store, but its a famicom game not the nes game should I go get it or would it be useless

I still have my old Nintendo game system plus 10 used games. I have the duck hunt control and the arcade control. I even have the Nintendo cartridge that cleans it.Games I have:Marble MadnessDr. MarioRen & StimpySuper Mario 2Super Mario 3PaperboyMillipedeShadow GateSimon's QuestThe Adventures of Bayou Billy

Are any of these worth anything? Where do you go to see if your game system and games are worth anything? I live in MA.

But I admite now I use a emulator, because it's hard to connect my tv on nintendo all the time.I found a good site Nes Game and I play every day this amazing games.And I'm glad that I am the owner of Cheetahmen II .It's my favorite.

Hi I have games that I am trying to sell or get prices on if someone on here can hell me with a prices plz let me know here is my email cindy_pita85@yahoo.com Joe&Mack ,super Mario bros action series,trojan,target renegade,mega man,the legend of Zelda,time lord,bad street brawler

Hi all I have a nes system with duck hunt and super mario 3 , it has two controllers and the gun it comes in the nes super deluxe carry case , it is virtually like new model number is 001 , could sumone give me an idea of value please .

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